Year 10

Year 10 supports transition into senior secondary by combining core subjects, pathway exploration and more specialised electives across technologies, the arts, science, health, humanities and applied learning.

Subject list

Subject summaries

• Agricultural Science: Students explore agricultural systems through scientific inquiry, sustainability, biological processes and practical problem-solving. QCAA curriculum information.
• Visual Arts: Students make and respond to artworks, developing visual language, techniques and understanding of artists, audiences and contexts. QCAA curriculum information.
• English: Students develop their understanding of language, literature and literacy through reading, viewing, writing, speaking and creating texts. QCAA curriculum information.
• Mathematics: Students develop number, algebra, measurement, space, statistics and probability knowledge through reasoning, problem-solving and mathematical modelling. QCAA curriculum information.
• Sport & Recreation: Students develop movement, participation and wellbeing knowledge through practical sport and recreation contexts. QCAA curriculum information.
• Science in Practice: Students apply science knowledge and inquiry skills to practical, real-world contexts and community or workplace situations. QCAA curriculum information.
• Digital Technologies: Students learn to design digital solutions by using data, algorithms, programming, systems thinking and project processes. QCAA curriculum information.
• Industrial Design and Technology: Students apply design and production processes to investigate needs, generate ideas, create designed solutions and evaluate outcomes. QCAA curriculum information.
• Agricultural Practices: Students apply practical agricultural knowledge and skills to production, enterprise, sustainability and workplace-related contexts. QCAA curriculum information.
• Science: Students investigate biological, chemical, physical and Earth and space sciences through inquiry, evidence and scientific explanation. QCAA curriculum information.
• Humanities: Students investigate people, places, systems and societies, building inquiry, evidence and interpretation skills across humanities contexts. QCAA curriculum information.
• Mathematics Extension: Students extend mathematical reasoning, problem-solving and application beyond the core mathematics program. QCAA curriculum information.
• Music: Students listen, perform and compose while developing knowledge of musical elements, forms and expressive communication. QCAA curriculum information.
• Media Arts: Students create and respond to media artworks, using media languages, technologies and production processes to communicate ideas. QCAA curriculum information.
• Physical Education: Students study movement, performance, training and physical activity through practical and theoretical learning. QCAA curriculum information.
• Drama: Students make, perform and respond to drama, using role, situation, tension, voice and movement to shape meaning. QCAA curriculum information.
• Textiles and Food Studies: Students use design thinking, technologies and practical processes to investigate, produce and evaluate solutions using materials, food and textile contexts. QCAA curriculum information.
• Industrial Design & Technology Extension: Students extend design and technologies skills through more specialised design, production and evaluation challenges. QCAA curriculum information.
• Dance: Students develop choreography, performance and responding skills, using the elements of dance to communicate ideas and meaning. QCAA curriculum information.
• Health: Students examine health, wellbeing and community issues, building knowledge for making informed personal and social decisions. QCAA curriculum information.
• Japanese: Students develop communication skills in Japanese while exploring language, culture and intercultural understanding. QCAA curriculum information.